I love my 9 m Ride, so my question is: How do you compare the power of the two?
Have you used the ride ? I want to get the slash but not sure about the size . compared to ride.
please let me know if you can enlighten me. Thanx

...dell, it is clear that the the first matter is the level of the rider, and same for the kind of conditions, in which, he love and enjoy his ride. What I was trying to figure out is this: a gusty spot, in which whit "readeble gusts" on the water are pushing you instinctively, to repower your sail...

Sure, sand will find its way in there, we never claimed that it was sealed. The thing is that the mechanism is simple enough that it isn't sensitive to some sand entering. If you do feel that it is getting a bit sticky, presumably because there is sand in there, open the rubber plug and sink you ba...

not sure if asked already, but: what happens when kailua kine sand gets into the bar mechanism? you know, powder like . (simple and clean bar setup, but simple? what to do if it fails? who can fix it? service it? my bike needs oil and such, and a bike is simple ) still like to try to see how it work...

what happens after a crazy wipeout and you pull release, and by some mistake you flipped the little lock thingy, you loose the ball, but recover kite and want to hook in.... oh oh... totally fakt! other than that i like it now, after bitching about it. but still, what can one do after the ball falls...

So, I know from experience , in an emergency or other , I had to grab an hold on to the chicken loop to either safe myself or safe/catch my kite. How are you going to hold on to a ball? Remember the SS depower? Nobody could grab it .

Not sure what happened or cause My condolences to family and friends KAHULUI, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ocean Safety personnel, firefighters and police responded to reports of a kite surfer seen floating face down offshore of "Kite Beach," just west of Kanaha Beach Park at around 3:50 p.m. on Thursday....